This is a minute by minute review of the BBC "Live Aid" broadcast on July 13th, 1985 :

This broadcast can be considered as the best possible. We have here complete performances of most of the Wembley performers and almost all the American performers, as soon as the satellite feed was opened at 17:00.

The few mystakes are :

• the beginning the Sade's performance (the Stage Intro and half of "Why Can't We Live Together" are missing),
• Santana is cut in the Middle of his first track and two more tracks are cut to hear the Phil Collins interview onboard the Concorde.
• Tom Petty is also cut for a day highlights and various reports.
• Also the CSN&Y performance is missing between Led Zeppelin and Duran Duran.
  
  

Apart from these three mystakes, it would have been very hard to play more performances because of the king size mess that was embrassing the two stages.

As the BBC is a public channel, there was absolutely no commercials during ALL the day, and many personnalities came in the studio to talk about the cause.

As a side note, the sound on BBC Televison was mono, but on BBC Radio 1 you could have the stereo synchro sound.

	Introduction by Richard Skinner The Royal Salute 01:25    God Save the Queen
	Status Quo 00:22    Stage introduction by Tommy Vance 03:54    Rockin' All Over The World 04:34    Caroline 04:34    Don't Waste My Time
	Intermission      ( Richard Skinner ) Fund Call ( Richard Skinner ) News Paper Headlines ( Janice Long ) Short chat with Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt (of Status Quo)
	The Style Council 00:25    Stage introduction by Tommy Vance 05:00    You're the best thing 03:55    Big Boss Groove 02:50    Internationnalists 03:36    Walls Come Tumbling Down
	Intermission     ( Janice Long ) Interview with Bob geldof ( Janice Long ) Interview with Mick Talbot & Paul Weller (of The Style Council) ( Richard Skinner ) Interview with Kevin Jenden (Director of the Band Aid Trust)
	The Boomtown Rats 00:21    Stage introduction by Tommy Vance 05:17    I don't like Mondays 04:03    Drag Me Down 05:37    Rat Trap audience sings "For He Is a Jolly Good Fellow"
	Intermission
	Adam Ant 00:55    Stage introduction by Harvey Goldsmith 03:26    Vive Le Rock
	Intermission     Janice Long introducing the Australian Live Aid counterpart "Oz for Africa"
	Oz for Africa (INXS) 03:29    INXS : What You Need 05:11    INXS : Don't Change 01:22    Oz for Afrika Chat
	Ultravox 02:58    Reap the Wild Wind (joins in progress) 05:09    Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 03:49    One Small Day 04:46    Vienna
	Intermission     Richard Skinner introducing the Japanese contribution
	Japanese contribution 01:56    Loudness : Gotta Fight 01:58    Off Cause : Endless Night (feed interrupted / Intermission by Richard Skinner & Andy Kershaw) 01:51    Eikichi Yazawa : Take It Time 03:07    Motoharu Sano : Shame
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) Fund call ( Janice Long ) Interview with Nik Kershaw
	Spandau Ballet 00:32    Stage introduction by Andy Peebles 05:22    Only When You Leave 04:40    Virgin 05:53    True
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) interview with Mike Wooldridge (BBC African correspondant)
	Elvis Costello 00:24    Stage introduction by Andy Peebles 03:42    All You Need Is Love
	Austrian contribution : Austria für Afrika 00:52    Introduction 04:31    Warum
	Intermission     ( Richard Skinner ) interview with Griff Rhys-Jones & Mel Smith (Comedians) ( Andy Kershaw ) interview with John Hurt (Actor)
	Nik Kershaw 00:39    Stage introduction by Tommy Vance 03:25    Wide Boy 04:48    Don Quixote 04:13    The Riddle 05:12    Wouldn't it be Good
	Dutch contribution : BB King 00:40    Introduction 00:28    BBKing : end "When It All Comes Down" 03:21    BBKing : Why I Sing The Blues 02:58    BBKing : Don't Answer the Door 02:06    BBKing : Rock Me Baby
	Intermission     ( Frank Partridge ) 14:50 BBC News ( Andy Batten Foster ) interview with Rula Lenska and Dennis Waterman
	Sade 00:13    Stage introduction (background sound) 05:35    Why Can't We Live Together (start background sound) 04:34    Your Love is King 06:10    Is it a Crime
	Intermission     Andy Batten Foster introducing the Yugoslavian contribution
	Yugoslavian contribution 04:42    Yugoslavian contribution : For a Million Years
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) Fund call ( Janice Long ) Interview with Tony Hadley (of Spandau Ballet)
	Sting & Phil Collins Noel Edmunds introduced by Andy Peebles 02:36    Stage introduction by Noel Edmunds 03:38    Sting : Roxanne 03:17    Sting : Driven to tears 03:25    Phil Collins : Against All Odds 04:32    Sting : Message in a Bottle 04:45    Phil Collins : In The Air Tonight 03:30    Sting & Phil Collins : Long Long Way To Go 03:12    Sting & Phil Collins : Every Breath You Take
	Intermission     The helicopter that will carry Phil Collins from Wembley to the Airport arrives at Wembley
	Howard Jones 00:48    Stage introduction by Andy Peebles 03:56    Hide & Seek
	Intermission     ( Richard Skinner )
	Russian contribution : Avtograf 00:58    Introduction by Vladimir Posner 05:19    Golovokruzhenie ( " Vertigo ") 00:38    Speech by Vladimir Posner 04:01    Nam nuzhen mir ( " We need peace " )
	Intermission     ( Richard Skinner ) interview with Adam Ant & Paula Yates ( Janice Long ) interview with Tony Butler and Stuart Adamson (of Big Country)
	Bryan Ferry 00:06    Stage introduction by Andy Peebles 04:31    Sensation 04:31    Boys and Girls 03:43    Slave To Love 04:49    Jealous Guy
	Intermission     Andy Batten Foster introducing the German contribution
	German contribution (Band für Afrika) Introduction by Evelyn Seibert & Ken Janz [04:13]     speech by Udo Lindenberg [04:03]     Nackt Im Wind
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) interview with Phil Collins ; Sting and Howard Jones Report from Alamata feeding stations in Ethiopia ; Children sing "The Diarrhoa Song" Andy Peebles introducing Paul Young
	Paul Young 01:01    Stage introduction by Andy Peebles 00:53    Do They Know It's Christmas (a capella) 07:10    Come Back and Stay 04:51    That's The Way Love Is (with Alison Moyet) 06:52    Every Time You Go Away
	Bryan Adams 00:20    Stage introduction by Jack Nicholson 02:59    Kids Wanna Rock 04:26    Summer of 69 04:12    Tears Are Not Enough 05:34    Cuts Like A Knife
	U2 00:29    Stage introduction from JFK by Jack Nicholson 00:41    Stage introduction from Wembley by Tommy Vance 05:20    Sunday Bloody Sunday 12:37    Bad (Medley)
	The Beach Boys Marilyn McCoo introduced by Bill Graham 00:53    Stage introduction by Marilyn McCoo 02:31    California Girls 03:07    Help Me, Rhonda 03:03    Wouldn't It Be Nice 04:46    Good Vibrations 02:40    Surfin' USA Stage outro by Jack Nicholson
	Intermission     ( David Hepworth ) interview with Tracey Ullman and Stuart Adamson (of Big Country)
	Dire Straits 00:53    Stage introduction from JFK by Bill Graham ; stage introduction from Wembley by Tommy Vance 07:26    Money For Nothing (with Sting) 11:17    Sultans Of Swing
	Intermission     ( David Hepworth ) fund call with Bob Geldof ( Paul Gambaccini ) pre-recorded interview with Roger Daltrey
	George Thorogood 00:59    tuning 06:03    The Sky Is Crying 05:10    Madison Blues (with Albert Collins)
	Griff Rhys-Jones & Mel Smith      Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones & Mel Smith introducing Queen
	Queen 02:22    Bohemian Rhapsodie 04:00    Radio Ga Ga 00:40    Audience participation 04:46    Hammer To Fall 03:37    Crazy Little Thing Called Love 01:16    We Will Rock You 03:41    We Are The Champions
	David Bowie & Mick Jagger : "Dancing in the Street"     ( Chevy Chase ) Announcement of the video clip on stage in JFK David Bowie & Mick Jagger : "Dancing in the Street" video clip
	Intermission     fund call with David Hepworth ; Bob Geldof ; Ian Ashbury (of The Cult) ; Billy Connolly ; Pamela Stephenson
	Simple Minds 05:20    Ghost Dancing (joins in progress) 06:56    Don't You Forget About Me 02:09    Promised You a Miracle
	David Bowie 00:09    Stage introduction from Wembley by Andy Peebles 03:35    TVC15 03:13    Rebel Rebel 03:31    Modern Love 06:41    Heroes 00:41    David Bowie introducing "The Famine video" made by CBC
	Images of the Ethiopian famine     Video made by CBC television ... " The picture speaks for itself "
	Intermission     ( David Hepworth ) introducing The Pretenders live from JFK.
	The Pretenders 02:20    Message of Love (joins in progress) 02:00    Stop Your Sobbing 03:35    Back on The Chain Gang 04:02    Middle of the Road
	The Who 01:13    Stage introduction from JFK by Jack Nicholson 02:10    Stage introduction from Wembley by Tommy Vance [02:10] 01:40    My generation [ feed cuts ] 04:34    Love Reign Over Me 09:25    Won't Get Fooled Again
	Santana 00:09    Stage introduction by Bill Graham 02:36    Brotherhood (cuts in progress) BBC intermission : Phil Collins and Steve Blacknell interview from the Concorde (see below) 02:09    Open Invitiation (re-joins in progress) 07:32    By the Pool / Right Now (with Pat Metheny)
	Phil Collins and Steve Blacknell interview from the Concorde     This happened during Santana's performance ... 03:06    Phil Collins and Steve Blacknell interview from the Concorde Back to Santana ...
	Intermission     David Hepworth introducing the Norvigian contribution "All of Us"
	"All of Us" from Norway     04:46    "All of Us" video from Norway
	Intermission     ( David Hepworth ) interview with Fish (of Marillion) and Mike Wooldridge (BBC African correspondant) ( Paul Gambaccini ) pre-recorded interview with David Bowie
	Elton John 01:07    Stage introduction by Billy Connolly 03:20    I'm Still Standing 04:40    Bennie and the Jets 04:44    Rocket Man 00:34    Band Presentation 04:51    Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee) 05:35    Don't Let the Sun Go Down (with George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley) 03:42    Can I Get a Witness
	Kool and the Gang     02:01    Stand Up And Sing 03:11    Cherish
	Intermission     David Hepworth introducing Madonna live from JFK
	Madonna images of Madonna and the crew backstage Bette Midler introduced by Bill Graham 01:24    Stage introduction by Bette Midler 06:20    Holiday 06:29    Into the Groove 05:17    Love Makes the World Go Round (with the Thompson Twins & Nile Rodgers)
	Freddie Mercury & Brian May     00:35    Stage introduction by John Hurt 02:57    Is This the World We Created ? 00:33    stage intermission
	Paul McCartney     04:52    Let It Be 00:57    stage intermission
	London All Stars Finale     03:41    "Do They Know It's Christmas ?" All stars finale in Wembley
	Intermission     (Mike Smith & Mark Ellen) rewind of the English part of the concert          > Prince Charles and Princess Diana backstage with the artists.          > Bob Geldof showing to Charles and Diana the worldwide satellite coverage.          > Highlights of the day (extracts of each artist on "Rockin' All Over the World" (Status Quo) ) (Mike Smith & Mark Ellen) Fund call
	Tom Petty     Don Johnson introduced by Bill Graham 00:10    Stage introduction by Don Johnson 01:19    American Girl 02:59    Rebels 03:44    Refugee Stage outro by Chevy Chase
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) interview with Duncan Goodhew Preview of the american acts to come (video clip samples) Images of the JFK stage where Chevy Chase plays freesbee with the crowd ( Mike Smith ) continues interview with Duncan Goodhew
	Kenny Loggins     04:14    Footloose
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) interview with Moe Homming (??) of VisNews ; cameraman who shot the pictures with Michael Buerk the original news report in Korem (Ethiopia) Mark Ellen introducing Rick Springfield (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	Rick Springfield     03:37    Love Somebody (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	Intermission     Mike Smith introducing The Cars live in JFK
	The Cars     03:46    Drive (joins in progress) 03:26    Just What I Needed 05:11    HeartBeat City Stage outro by Timothy Hutton
	Intermission     images of Phil Collins going from the Concorde to an Helicopter in Phildelphia at JFK airport ( Mike Smith ) interview with Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley (of Spandau Ballet) Mark Ellen introducing REO Speedwagon (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	REO Speedwagon     05:25    Can't Fight this Feeling (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	Intermission     Mark Ellen introducing Neil Youg live in JFK
	Neil Young     03:53    Sugar Mountain (joins in progress) 02:31    The Needle and Damage Done 04:22    Helpless 04:44    Nothing is Perfect 04:49    Powderfinger
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) interview with Robbie Coltrane two Crosby, Stills & Nash songs inserted during Robbie Coltrane's interview (see below) ( Mark Ellen ) interview with two Band Aid volonteers (?? names) Mike Smith introducing The Power Station live in JFK
	Crosby, Stills and Nash     03:13    Teach Your Children (act recorded earlier in JFK) back to ( Mike Smith ) interview with Robbie Coltrane (see before) 02:30    Suite : Judy Blue eyes (incomplete) (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	Power Station     03:48    Murderess 06:00    Get It On
	Intermission     Jeff Bridges stage intermission from JFK ( Janice Long ) interview with David Essex ( Mark Ellen ) interview with actress Su Pollard
	David Bowie & Mick Jagger : "Dancing in the Street" (Repeat)     David Bowie & Mick Jagger : "Dancing in the Street" video clip
	Intermission     ( ?? ) introducing REO Speedwagon (recorded earlier in JFK)
	REO Speedwagon     04:41    Roll with the Changes (recorded earlier in JFK)
	Intermission     ( Paul Gambaccini ) pre-recorded interview with David Bowie (second part) ( Janice Long ) introducing the Thompson Twins live in JFK images of JFK stadium (waiting for the Thompson Twins to come on stage) ( Janice Long ) interview with ( ?? ) ( Janice Long ) introducing the Thompson Twins live in JFK
	Rick Springfield     02:32    Human Touch (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	The Thompson Twins     07:37    Hold Me Now (joins in progress) 04:47    Revolution
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) Fund call (repeat of phone numbers) replay of the video made by CBC television
	Eric Clapton     03:13    White Room (joins in progress) 04:44    She's Waiting 06:44    Layla
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) interview with Sharron Davies (British Olympic Swimmer) ( Mark Ellen ) interview with Sade images of Phil Collins arriving at Eathrow airport in London and boarding the Concorde
	Phil Collins     03:45    Against All Odds 04:36    In The Air Tonight
	Robert Plant ; Jimmy Page ; John Paul Jones     01:36    Stage introduction by Phil Collins 04:43    Rock'n'Roll 05:20    Whole Lotta Love 09:19    Stairway To Heaven
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) interview with Jools Holland and Paula Yates ( Mike Smith ) interview with Roger Taylor (of Queen) and actor John Hurt ( Paul Ganbaccini ) pre-recorded interview with Bono (of U2) U2 video clip "The Unforgettable Fire"
	Duran Duran     04:07    A View to a Kill 04:41    Union of the Snake 06:44    Save a Prayer 06:01    The Reflex
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw ) introduces Cliff Richard live in the studio for "A World of Difference" ( Janice Long ) interview with comedian Lenny Henry [ Thanks Martin Dickson ] ( Paul Gambaccini ) pre-recorded interview with Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits)
	Patti Labelle     01:08    New Attitude (joins in progress) 04:44    Imagine 05:54    Forever Young 02:20    Steer It Up 02:43    Over The Rainbow 02:44    Why can't I Get It Over
	Intermission     ( Andy Kershaw disturbed by Mark Ellen ) introducing Black Sabbath (act recorded earlier in JFK)
	Black Sabbath     03:18    Paranoid (recorded earlier in JFK)
	Intermission     Festival in Cheshire supporting Live Aid charity cause (Live Aid on Giant Tv screens, music and fund collection) ( Mike Smith ) Live Aid press review ( Mark Ellen ) interview with Brian May (of Queen) ( Mike Smith ) interview with Harvey Goldsmith (Live Aid UK producer) and Bob Geldof
	Hall & Oates     03:40    Out of Touch (joins in progress) 05:27    Maneater 02:34    Get Ready 02:49    Ain't Too Proud To Beg 02:41    The Way You Do The Things You Do 03:41    My Girl
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) presentation of the Live Aid first day cover envelope ( Mike Smith ) interview with Rory Bremner
	Mick Jagger     03:07    Lonely at the Top (joins in progress) 05:27    Just Another Night 05:10    Miss You 02:34    State of Shock (with Tina Turner) 02:55    It's Only Rock' n' Roll (with Tina Turner)
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) Interview with Paul Gambaccini and Bob Geldof [ Thanks James Devanney ]
	Bob Dylan     00:56    Stage introduction by Jack Nicholson 04:34    Ballad Of Hollis Brown 03:36    When The Ship Comes In 04:36    In the Wind
	US Finale     08:57    "We Are The World" : US All Stars Finale
	Intermission     ( Mike Smith ) repeat of the video made by CBC Television ( Mike Smith ) repeat of London Finale. Aknowlegdements. Specials Thanks Weather report. End of the program.
	Credits     Credits